Bundock and Ashby extend Hyères lead
by Rob Kothe on 25 Apr 2006

Out with the Jesus boots in the Tornado class on Day 2 of SOF Gilles Martin-Raget
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38th Semaine Olympique Française de Voile Day 2 and dual World Tornado Champions Australians Darren Bundock and Glen Ashby consolidated their lead in the Grade One Hyères regatta.
After a soft day yesterday, the breeze kicked in today and Race 3 started in 18 knots. Germany's Roland Gaebler lead from the start closely followed by Australian’s Darren Bundock and Glen Ashby and Spain’s Echavarri/Paz at the first mark.
The race turned out to be a three way shuffle, with Echavarri showing better pace on the final downwind to steal the race from Gaebler and then Bundock/Ashby.
Race 4 started in similar conditions however this time it was Bundock/Ashby that led from the start after starting at the bottom end of the starting line. Once again it was Echavarri/Paz that challenged for the lead.
Throughout the entire race the two boats were within four boat lengths, with the Australians managing to maintain the lead throughout the race and come ashore pleased with a very consistent day on the race track.
Bundock commented dockside ‘We are extremely happy to hold on and beat the heavier teams in a bit of breeze especially after doing so well yesterday in the lighter conditions'
Not such a great day for Austrian’s Roman Hagara and Hans Peter Steinacher who finished 13th in race three and capsized in race four and fell back to 12th overall.
Day 2 Positions:
Results after 4 races ( Discards : 0 ) (36 entries)
Pos Sail Competitors Pts Net Pts tot r.1 r.2 r.3 r.4 Club/Country
1 AUS 8 BUNDOCK Darren ASHBY Glenn 12.00 7 1 3 1 VSAW BERLIN - Australia
2 FRA 1 REVIL Xavier ESPAGNON Christophe 23.00 3 10 5 5 S R V ANNECY - France
3 GER 1101 POLGAR Johannes SPALTEHOLZ Florian 24.00 1 11 4 8 NRV - Germany
4 GER 1094 GAEBLER Roland STRUCKMANN Gunnar 30.00 30.00 2 14 2 12 NRV KYC - Germany
5 GRE 7 PASCHALIDES Iordanis TRIGONIS Konstantinos 36.00 10 3 10 13 LOKT NOTH - Greece
6 FRA 6 BACKES Olivier SEVESTRE Paul-ambroise 37.00 6 12 15 4 S N MARSEILLE - France
7 ITA 263 MARCOLINI Francesco BIANCHI Edoardo 38.00 17 8 7 6 Italy
8 ESP 1 ECHAVARRI Fernando PAZ Anton 41.00 25 13 1 2 Spain
9 FRA 7 GUICHARD Yann GUYADER Alexandre 42.00 24 2 9 7 A.N. ILE AUX MOINES - France
10 RUS 97 KIRILYUK Andrey USHKOV Valery 50.00 5 29 6 10 MMS-VMF - Russia
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